Means for decanting liquids



G. E. PERRY MEANS FOR DECANTING LiQUIDS Filed y 16. 1921 M i (MW.

Patented Jan. 15, 192 1.

testis MEANS FOR DECANTING LIQUIDS.

Application filed May 16,

T0 all-whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ELLIOT PERRY, a citizen of the United States,residin at Chicago, in the county of Cook and tate of Illinois, haveinventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Means for DecantingLiquids, of which the following is a specification.

Ihe invention relates to means for decanting liquids.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an inexpensive,efficient and convenient device for decanting liquids.

Another object is to provide an improved device by means of which aportion of a charged aerated or gaseous effervescent liquid may be drawnfromthe bottle without discharging the entire bottle of its gaseouscontent. j

Another object is to provide a device of the character to be describedwhich is a component part of the sealing closure or cap for a bottle andwhich with the closure is placed in position at the time of initiallysealing the bottle. I

. Another object is to provide a devlice: of the character to bedescribed by use of which the liquid contents of the bottle mayconveniently be charged with gas, or suitably aerated, after the bottlehas been sealed.

Other, further and more specific objects I of the invention will becomereadily apparent, to persons skilled in the art, from a consideration ofthe following description when taken in conjunction with the drawing,wherein Fig. 1 is a central section of an enlarged view of the improvedbottle cap or closure, showing the tap forming a part thereof as itappears when closed. 7

Fig. 2 is a similar view as it appears when open.

Fig. 3 shows the closure applied to the neck of a bottle and the meansof opening the tap.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a means for operating the tap.

In all the views the same reference characters are employed to indicatesimilar parts. i

In the accompanying drawings, 5 indicates the sealing cap of the crimptype and 6 the tap or vent device forming a part thereof.

1921. Serial No. 470,068.

The sealing cap is provided with downturned annular skirt 7 which may becorrugated, as at 8, and the corrugation constricted to fasten it to aneck 9 of a bottle, or other well known fastening means for caps of thischaracter may be employed.

The cap is made, preferably, of sheet metal and comprises a disk 10,perforated,

preferably centrally, as at 11. Located in-v side of the cap is a disk12, preferably of yielding material, such as cork, rubber, or othersuitable substance, to provide a seal for the mouth of the bottle andfor a valve 13. The diameter of the valve 13 is larger than the diameterof the perforation 14, within the disk 12, and when the valve is firmlyseated over the perforation in contact with the surrounding surfaces ofthe disk 12, the closure opening or perforation is thus sealed. Thevalve may have one or more stems, shown in the accompanying drawingsprovided. with two stems 15 and 16 that extend thru the perforations 11and 14, and bent outwardly attlieir ends 17 to overlie a metal perforatewasher 18. The washer-18 is provided with a central aperture or opening19 thru which the stems pass.

A compressed, resilient rubber ring 20 is contained between the uppersurface of the disk 10 and the lower edge of the washer 18 to yieldinglyhold the valve 13 upon its seat, around the opening 14, as more clearlyshown in Fig. 1.

Now it will be manifest from the foregoing description that pressureapplied to the end 17 of the stem 15 and directed inwardly will removethe valve 13 from its seat by the yielding effect of the spring 20, andan opening will thus be provided from the interior of the bottle thruthe perforations 11 and 14 and thru the perforation 19 in the washer 18,permitting the liquid in the bottle, or any portion thereof. to becontrollably removed therefrom.

If the bottle containing the device is inverted and placed in theinterior of a tumbler and downward pressure is applied to the bottle,the ends of the stems resting on the bottom of the tumbler, the valvewill thus become unseated. The contents of the bottle will thus becontrollably passed from the bottle into the tumbler without dischargingany of the gaseous content of the bottle 7 more than that whichnecessarily accompanles the liquid discharged therefrom.

If it is desired to gasify or aerate the liquid contents of the bottleafter. it has p which may be made of a wire bent upon itself and twistedforming a hook, as at 22, to engage the under edge of the skirt of thecap, and a straight portion 23 to overlie the outturned ends 17, of thestems 15 and 16, and providing a handle portion 2 Pressure inwardly onthe handle portion 2% towards the neck of the bottle will press thestems inwardly and unseat the valve 13, permitting the liquid to bedischarged from the bottle thru the device. The slight pres surerequired for this purpose will not unseat the cap from the end of thebottle.

lVhile I have herein shown a single embodiment of my invention for thepurpose of clear disclosure, it be manifest, to persons skilled in theart, that considerable change may be made in the configuration and thedisposition of the parts withinthe scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Let ters Patent, is

1. A closure for a bottle comprising a perforated cap having a skirt forextending around the neck of the bottle; means associated with saidskirt to hold the cap sealed on a bottle; a valve for normally closingsaid perforation, having a stem extending therethru; a yielding diskinside the cap to provide a seat for a bottle mouth and for said valve;-and a yielding disk outside the cap associated with the valve stem andsaid cap to yieldingly hold the valve on its seat.

A bottle seal and tap comprising a cap adapted to be crimped about theneck of a bottle, a sealing disc in the cap and havinga holetherethrough, a valve seating against the disc to close the hole andoperable to open the same to discharge the contents of the bottle, andresilient means for holding the valve in closin position against thedisc.

A bottle seal comprising a perforated metal cap adapted to be crimpedabout the neck of'a bottle, a sealing disc in the cap to engage the rimof a bottle, and having a hole therethrough which aligns with theperforation in the cap, a valve seating against the inside of the discto close the hole therein and having a stem extending through the holeand perforation, a resilient ring on the outside of the cap and actingon the stem to hold the valve closed, the stem extending through thering so that it may be used to open the valve.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribed my name.

GEORGE ELLIOT PERRY.

